Publications

A template to assist in-home aged care providers on service agreements for the Support at Home program.

The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing and the Australian Digital Health Agency have worked closely with software vendors over the past 3 years to develop electronic prescribing capabilities and enhanced safety features within eNRMC systems.

The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing and the Australian Digital Health Agency are working with eNRMC software vendors to ensure electronic prescribing enabled eNRMC systems are available by 1 October 2025.

This document provides an update for residential aged care services on the availability of conformant eNRMC systems by October 2025, which include electronic prescribing capabilities and enhanced safety features.

This document provides information for prescribers about the rollout of electronic prescribing conformant eNRMC systems in residential aged care, including the various types of eNRMC systems they may encounter during the transition phase.

Life Saving Drugs Program (LSDP) Expert Panel (the panel) agenda for the 22nd meeting on 31 October 2025.

This schedule applies to people receiving care through the Support at Home program from 1 November 2025.

This fact sheet provides information for non-specialised metropolitan residential aged care providers on upcoming changes to care minutes funding.

These guidelines outline how the Rural Procedural Grants Program works, who is eligible, and roles and responsibilities.

This fact sheet provides information about what NBS expansion means for families and consumers, expansion progress to date, and upcoming milestones.

This document provides an overview of the revised timeframes for eNRMC systems to achieve electronic prescribing conformance and for aged care services to transition.

This fact sheet helps older persons, their families and carers understand the care minutes requirement for residential aged care.

These guides provide information about the mandatory care minutes and 24/7 registered nurse responsibilities. Learn more about each responsibility, including delivery of care minutes and registered nurse coverage and reporting obligations.

This communique is published following each meeting of the Thriving Kids Advisory Group. It summarises the meeting discussions and outcomes.

These guidelines contain the general, initial and ongoing eligibility requirements to access treatment for acid sphingomyelinase deficiency (ASMD) types A/B and B under the Life Saving Drugs Program.

Treating physicians use this application form to apply for a patient to access LSDP medication for ASMD types A/B and B for the first time, or after a break.

Treating physicians use this form to reapply each year for a patient to receive ongoing LSDP medication for ASMD types A/B and B.

Specialists use this spreadsheet to report their patient's test results when reapplying for treatment under the Life Saving Drugs Program.

This dashboard provides users with high level information on 24/7 registered nurse coverage in residential aged care.

This fact sheet helps older persons, their families and carers understand the 24/7 registered nurse responsibility for residential aged care.

This guide provides information for approved residential care providers on the AN-ACC funding model. It sets out how to receive AN-ACC subsidies, including relevant compliance requirements that may apply.

This webpage lists approved providers with an exemption from the 24/7 registered nurse responsibility in residential aged care.

The Star Ratings Provider Manual contains detailed information about Star Ratings design, calculation and reporting requirements.

The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing and the Australian Digital Health Agency (Agency) are working with eNRMC software vendors to ensure conformant eNRMC systems with electronic prescribing capability are available during October 2025.

This document answers some frequently asked questions from older people, families and carers about the Support at Home program following the webinar on 14 August 2025.